Onboard the ferries

Helsinki to St Petersburg Ferry

The Helsinki St Petersburg ferry route connects Finland with Russia. Currently there is just the 1 ferry company operating this ferry service, St Peter Line. The crossing operates up to 3 times each week with sailing durations from around 14 hours.

Helsinki St Petersburg sailing durations and frequency may vary from season to season so we’d advise doing a live check to get the most up to date information.

Helsinki - St Petersburg Ferry Operators

Helsinki St Petersburg Average Prices

Prices shown represent the average one way price paid by our customers. The most common booking on the Helsinki St Petersburg route is a car and 2 passengers.

Helsinki St Petersburg Ferry reviews

"A nice way to go to Saint Petersburg"

The journey around the Finnish gulf is really nice and peaceful. Go ftom the harbour to the Saint Petersburg city centre is really easy, you can use a cab or the tube. In Helsinky the ship leaves from the city centre, and the terminal is served by two punctual railway lines. Of course your journey will be more pleasant if your cabin is going to be good.

'Francesco' travelled Helsinki St Petersburg with St Peter Line

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"Great way to travel to St. Petersburg"

This was a great way to travel to St Petersburg. Our room was comfortable, there were several options for meals and overall it was a nice experience.

'Anonymous' travelled Helsinki St Petersburg with St Peter Line

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"Great trip"

We only spent a night but everything was very nice. very good Italian food, excellent breakfast and very comfortable cabin. will recommend.

'Roberto' travelled Helsinki St Petersburg with St Peter Line

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"Great stay!"

One of the best hotel I booked. recomended.

'Pierangelo' travelled Helsinki St Petersburg with St Peter Line

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"Great stay!"

One of the best ferry I booked, recommended.

'Pierangelo' travelled Helsinki St Petersburg with St Peter Line

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Helsinki Guide

Located in the Uusimaa region of southern Finland, on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, is the city of Helsinki. The capital of Finland is roughly 80 km to the north of Tallinn in Estonia, 400 km to the north of Stockholm in Sweden and 300 km to the west of St Petersburg in Russia. Helsinki is widely regarded as one of the major cities in northern Europe and is the country's main hub for politics, finance, commerce and culture.

Popular visitor attractions in the city include Helsinki's largest museum, the National Museum of Finland. It contains a large collection of historical artefacts that date back to prehistoric times through to the present day. The museum's home, a neomedieval castle, is also a popular tourist attraction in its own right. The Helsinki City Museum, the Finnish National Gallery and the Design Museum are three other museums in the city that are worth visiting.

Helsinki's port, the largest in Finland and the second largest in the Nordic countries, has three harbours and 6 passenger terminals. Ferry services using the port depart to Stockholm in Sweden, Travemunde in Germany and Tallinn in Estonia.

St Petersburg Guide

The Russian city of St Petersburg is often referred to by its residents as simply 'Piter' and was formerly named Leningrad. The city has definitely had an interesting past with over 300 years of history, with more than 200 of it as the capital city of the entire Russian Empire. Today, St Petersburg is an amazing city to visit and more than lives up to the vision of Tsar Peter the Great which founded the city in the 1700's. Winding their way through the city is the Neva River and a number of canals, along which you can see grand palaces and a number of other important buildings that date back to the 18th century. St. Petersburg is where Russian ballet was founded and has also been the home of many acclaimed composers, such as Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Many of the best sights in St. Petersburg are to be found around the actual city centre and its main road, the Nevsky Prospekt. If you take a stroll around Palace Square, known locally as the Dvortsovaya Ploshchad, you will see the lovely architecture of the Winter Palace, or alternatively take a cruise on one of the city's canals on a water bus, stopping of at the Mikhaylovsky Gardens en route.

Note: Ferry passengers are allowed stay in Russia for 72 hours without visa as long as they booked their excursion through officially licensed ferry companies.